Overalls



Jul 17, 1928'.

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body portion becoming UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

mosns E. s'r. moon, or FAUST, NEW YORK.

Application filed March 10, 1926.

OVERALLS.

This invention relates to union garments and aims to provide novel means for permitting free movement of the body 0 f the wearer eliminating any possibility of the from the lower portion clothed in the garment Another object of disconnected or torn when the person bends forwardly. the invention is to provide a guard for the elastic member disposed between the body portion and nether garment of the device so that will be securely held in tearing and the elastic visible at all times.

the elastic member position against member will be in- With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the invention resides in the comarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter being understood the precise embodiment of proceeds, bination and scribed and claimed, it that changes in the description the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from Referring the spirit of the invention. to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a rear elevational view of a union garment constructed in accordance with the invention, band being broken away elastic member.

a portion of the guard.

to illustrate the Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on'line 22 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the

reference character 5 designates the body portion of the garment and the reference character 6 indicates the garment.

As illustrated by Figure the lower rear edge of the folded upwardly edge of the nether portion wardly as at 8.

the nether portion of 2 of the drawing, body port on 5 is as at 7 while the upper rear 6 is folded down- The guard flap embodies a length of cloth material folded intermedi to provide outer section 9 10, between which 11 is secured, the upper e ate its side edges and inner section sections the elastic strip dge of the elastic Serial No. 93,679.

member being shown as folded downwardly between the upper edges of the sections 9 and 10, securely locking the elastic strip 11 in position.

Lines of stitching indicated at 12 pass through the body portion 5, and sections 9 and 10 of the guard flap to secure the clastic-member 11 in position. This guard flap 9 is also secured along its ends to the body struction of the guard flap, the elastic strip will be securely held in position and at the same time will be invisible.

I claim:

In a union garment, a body section and a nether section separated at the back thereof, a guard flap for covering the space between the body section and nether section, said guard flap embodying a length of cloth material folded upon itself defining outer and inner layers, a strip of elastic material having one edge'folded outwardly and secured between the layers, said strip of flexible material and guard flap being secured to the body section, said strip of flexible material being secured along its lower edge to the nether section, and said guard flap having its lower edge disposed an appreciable distance below the upper edge of the nether garment to which the lower edge of the elastic strip is secured to cover the strip of flexible material. i

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature. 

